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At a time when he would have hoped to be celebrating the first anniversary of
his reappointment as Liverpool manager, Kenny Dalglish instead found himself
beset with another off-field problem after Stewart Downing’s arrest.

The England winger was held on suspicion of assaulting his ex-girlfriend in
the early hours of yesterday after an incident at the Cross Keys public
house in Yarm, Cleveland.

Downing was kept in custody along with a 32-year-old woman.

“A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault and a 32-year-old
woman has also been arrested on suspicion of assault,” a spokesman for
Cleveland Police